UK buyer mugged 2 minutes after buying PS3

It seems the Brits didn't get away with a violence free PS3 launch after all.

Twenty one year old student Angela Sanchez found out the hard way that midnight shopping in Walthamstow (a dodgy area in North London) is not the best idea.

In an interview with British tabloid The Sun, he said:

"As we left a gang of youths jumped on us. I was punched in the face and mum was bashed as they grabbed my bag... there was no security and the police hadn't even been told about the shop opening late. I ended up in hospital but Sony and Game [UK game chain] didn't want to know."

It seems he wasn't the only one, either. In West End of London where the high profile [launch](https://www.wired.com/gadgets/2007/03/ps3_launches_in.html "PS3 Launches in EU

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All this is bad enough, but it also seems poor Andrea had had to lay down £625 for his bundle. That's $US1,227. Double ouch.

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